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</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Not to be confused with <a href="Under_the_influence_(disambiguation)" class="mw-redirect mw-disambig" title="Under the influence (disambiguation)">Under the influence</a>.</div>
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</style><table class="infobox vevent haudio"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above summary album" style="font-style: italic; color: inherit; background-color: lightsteelblue; font-size: 125%;">Under Influence</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header description" style="color: #202122;background-color: lightsteelblue"><a href="Album" title="Album">Studio album</a> by <div class="contributor" style="display:inline"><a href="Zones_(band)" title="Zones (band)">Zones</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Released</th><td class="infobox-data published">June 1, 1979</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Recorded</th><td class="infobox-data plainlist">The Manor (mixed at Wessex Studios)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="Music_genre" title="Music genre">Genre</a></th><td class="infobox-data category hlist"><a href="New_wave_music" title="New wave music">New wave</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="Record_label" title="Record label">Label</a></th><td class="infobox-data hlist"><a href="Arista_Records" title="Arista Records">Arista</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="Record_producer" title="Record producer">Producer</a></th><td class="infobox-data hlist"><a href="Tim_Friese-Greene" title="Tim Friese-Greene">Tim Friese-Greene</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header description" style="color: #202122;background-color: lightsteelblue"><a href="Zones_(band)" title="Zones (band)">Zones</a> chronology</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">
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<td style="width: 33%; text-align: center; vertical-align: top; padding: .2em .1em .2em 0"><i><a href="Slik_(album)" title="Slik (album)">Slik</a> <br> as <a href="Slik" title="Slik">Slik</a></i><br>(1976)
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<td style="width: 33%; text-align: center; vertical-align: top; padding: .2em .1em"><i><b>Under Influence</b></i><br>(1979)
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</td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below"></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background: lightsteelblue;color:inherit;"><a href="Single_(music)" title="Single (music)">Singles</a> from <i> Under Influence </i></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><div style="text-align:left">
<ol><li><span class="item"><span class="fn">"Looking to the Future"</span><br>Released: May 24, 1979</span></li>
<li><span class="item"><span class="fn">"Mourning Star"</span><br>Released: July 20, 1979</span></li></ol>
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<table class="wikitable floatright" style="width:24.2em;font-size:88%;text-align:center;margin:0.5em 0 0.5em 1em;padding:0;border-spacing:0"><caption style="font-size:115%">Professional ratings</caption><tbody><tr><th scope="col" colspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:#202122;background:#d1dbdf;font-size:100%">Review scores</th></tr><tr><th scope="col">Source</th><th scope="col">Rating</th></tr><tr><td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><a href="Artistdirect.com" class="mw-redirect" title="Artistdirect.com">ARTIST direct</a></td><td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><span role="img" style="white-space:nowrap" title="4.5/5 stars"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="4.5/5 stars"></span></span><span typeof="mw:File"><span></span></span><span typeof="mw:File"><span></span></span><span typeof="mw:File"><span></span></span><span typeof="mw:File"><span></span></span></span><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr></tbody></table>
<p><i><b>Under Influence</b></i>, released by <a href="Arista_Records" title="Arista Records">Arista Records</a> on June 1, 1979, is the only album of <a href="New_wave_music" title="New wave music">new wave</a> band <a href="Zones_(band)" title="Zones (band)">Zones</a>, an offshoot of <a href="Midge_Ure" title="Midge Ure">Midge Ure</a>’s pre-Rich Kids Scottish pop outfit, <a href="Slik" title="Slik">Slik</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The album is described in <i><a href="Trouser_Press" title="Trouser Press">Trouser Press</a></i> as the band "try a little of everything ... without any forceful, unifying personality".<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</p><p>Although the album has the new wave sound, it was unsuccessful at the time of its release. Shortly afterwards, Zones released a 7" single called "Mourning Star",<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> whose eponymous song (a shorter version of the album song) was backed with "Under Influence", which did not appear on the album, despite the name being the same. At the end of 1979, and after years of failures, the group split up.
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Original_LP_(1981)">Original LP (1981)</h3></div>
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</style><div class="track-listing"><p>All tracks are written by <a href="Willie_Gardner" title="Willie Gardner">Willie Gardner</a>; except where noted.</p><table class="tracklist"><caption>Side one</caption><tbody><tr><th class="tracklist-number-header" scope="col"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr></th><th scope="col" style="width:60%">Title</th><th scope="col" style="width:40%">Writer(s)</th><th class="tracklist-length-header" scope="col">Length</th></tr><tr><th id="track1" scope="row">1.</th><td>"Do It All Again"</td><td> </td><td class="tracklist-length">2:53</td></tr><tr><th id="track2" scope="row">2.</th><td>"Vision On"</td><td> </td><td class="tracklist-length">3:45</td></tr><tr><th id="track3" scope="row">3.</th><td>"Deadly Dolls"</td><td><a href="Russell_Webb_(musician)" title="Russell Webb (musician)">Russell Webb</a></td><td class="tracklist-length">2:48</td></tr><tr><th id="track4" scope="row">4.</th><td>"The End"</td><td> </td><td class="tracklist-length">3:58</td></tr><tr><th id="track5" scope="row">5.</th><td>"Mainman"</td><td><a href="Billy_McIsaac" title="Billy McIsaac">Billy McIsaac</a></td><td class="tracklist-length">4:35</td></tr></tbody></table></div>
<div class="track-listing"><table class="tracklist"><caption>Side two</caption><tbody><tr><th class="tracklist-number-header" scope="col"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr></th><th scope="col" style="width:60%">Title</th><th scope="col" style="width:40%">Writer(s)</th><th class="tracklist-length-header" scope="col">Length</th></tr><tr><th id="track1" scope="row">1.</th><td>"You're Not Foolin' Me"</td><td>McIsaac</td><td class="tracklist-length">2:44</td></tr><tr><th id="track2" scope="row">2.</th><td>"Anything Goes"</td><td>McIsaac</td><td class="tracklist-length">3:16</td></tr><tr><th id="track3" scope="row">3.</th><td>"Strength to Strength"</td><td> </td><td class="tracklist-length">3:20</td></tr><tr><th id="track4" scope="row">4.</th><td>"Looking to the Future"</td><td>McIsaac</td><td class="tracklist-length">3:21</td></tr><tr><th id="track5" scope="row">5.</th><td>"Mourning Star"</td><td> </td><td class="tracklist-length">4:31</td></tr></tbody></table></div>
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<ul><li><a href="Willie_Gardner" title="Willie Gardner">Willie Gardner</a> - <a href="Lead_vocals" class="mw-redirect" title="Lead vocals">lead vocals</a>, <a href="Guitar" title="Guitar">guitar</a></li>
<li><a href="Billy_McIsaac" title="Billy McIsaac">Billy McIsaac</a> - <a href="Keyboard_instrument" title="Keyboard instrument">keyboards</a>, <a href="Vocals" class="mw-redirect" title="Vocals">vocals</a></li>
<li><a href="Russell_Webb_(musician)" title="Russell Webb (musician)">Russell Webb</a> - <a href="Bass_(music)" class="mw-redirect" title="Bass (music)">bass</a>, vocals</li>
<li><a href="Kenny_Hyslop" title="Kenny Hyslop">Kenny Hyslop</a> - <a href="Drums" class="mw-redirect" title="Drums">drums</a>, <a href="Percussion" class="mw-redirect" title="Percussion">percussion</a></li></ul>
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<li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.artistdirect.com/nad/store/artist/album/0,,190372,00.html">ARTIST direct review</a></span>
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<li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=4WM6Cb1z-PwC&q=Under+Influence">Punk Diary: The Ultimate Trainspotter's Guide to Underground Rock, 1970-1982, pg 207</a></span>
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<li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.trouserpress.com/entry.php?a=zones">trouser press: Zones - Under Influence (by Jim Green)</a></span>
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<li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=4WM6Cb1z-PwC&q=Under+Influence">Punk Diary: The Ultimate Trainspotter's Guide to Underground Rock, 1970-1982, pg 223</a></span>
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